All news on the topic: Bowel cancer

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Mum heartbroken as 'beautiful' husband dies on their second wedding anniversary
A mum says her young family have been left heartbroken after her 'beautiful' 33-year-old husband sadly died from cancer on the couple's second wedding anniversary
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Deborah James shares gruelling toll cancer took on marriage in poignant BBC doc
Dame Deborah James was diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer in December 2016, when she was 35 years old, and after an inspiring fight, the podcast star sadly passed away in June 2022
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Friends of 'Bowelbabe' Deborah James share favourite memories of her in TV show
A documentary, Deborah James : Bowelbabe In Her Own Words, was narrated by Deborah in the last months of her life and is due to air on Monday
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Bowel cancer 'red flag' warning sign people need to look out for
Symptoms of bowel cancer can be hard to detect, but colorectal surgeon James Kinross has warned of the tell-tale signs to watch out for
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‘I had a full hysterectomy at just 34 so I could see my daughters grow up’
Mum-of-two Laura explains why a deadly cancer gene led her to make the life-changing decision to go into medical menopause at 34
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Student given tablets for anaemia horrified to be told she had stage 4 cancer
Laila Hudson said she endured years of pain and months feeling as if she had a 'bowling ball in her stomach' before she discovered she had stage four bowel cancer
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Rachael Bland's widower's heartbreaking memories of Deborah James as he moves on
Nine months after the death of Dame Deborah James, who was known as BowelBabe, died, Steve Bland and Lauren Mahon have recorded the final episode of You, Me and the Big C in her memory
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Dad unable to sit down for eight years after suffering from mystery bloating
Glyn Salmon, 63, from Greasby, hasn't been able to sit down comfortable for nearly a decade after being diagnosed with cancer and suffering with bowel polyps
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First Dates star Merlin gives bowel cancer update saying he's 'clear' of disease
The friendly barman has been battling bowel cancer since September 2021 but has now delighted fans and social media followers by revealing he is clear of the disease
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Deborah James 'died in best possible way', husband says in first TV interview
Dame Deborah James' widower Sebastien Bowen has admitted it is difficult to articulate how hard he has found it since the passing of his wife last June
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'I left routine test in a drawer and got cancer - don't be an idiot like me'
Paul Kelly, 64, is filled with regret over ignoring his first screening test for bowel cancer when he hit 60. He doesn't want others to make the same mistake
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Dame Deborah James raises incredible £11.3m from fund set up in her final weeks
The family of Dame Deborah James have shared how the late mother-of-two and podcast host has raised an incredible £11.3million for charity from a fund set up in the last weeks of her life
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Radio 1 DJ Adele Roberts gives cancer update after appearing on Celeb Bake Off
The Radio 1 star was diagnosed with stage two bowel cancer in 2021 before undergoing treatment and eventually being given the all-clear
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Adele Roberts' brave cancer battle after extreme surgery to help her fight it
Adele Roberts was diagnosed with bowel cancer and has since been given the all clear but continues to raise awareness of the illness
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Adele Roberts shares bowel cancer update and says early treatment saved her life
Adele was diagnosed with stage two bowel cancer in October 2021 and has since been given the all clear
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Mum 'didn't feel normal' after collapsing - then given a devastating diagnosis
Mum Michelle Grant had two seizures and developed progressively worse symptoms - like bloody mucus - before she was eventually given a horrific cancer diagnosis
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Mum went to the doctors with a stitch - and was told she had 18 months to live
Ros Atkins was looked after by the Marie Curie Hospice in Woolton, and today, (March 23) her husband John, his friends and family, will celebrate her life as part of the Marie Curie's third National Day of Reflection
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Pele leaves share of will to 'secret daughter' with DNA test required
The Brazilian icon has seven confirmed children, but he has named Maria do Socorro Azevedo in his will after a fling with her mother in the 1980s
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'We sold everything we had to live off-grid in an old bus - it's a dream life'
Plumber Badger Scott, his wife Kayla and their children have travelled through 10 countries in a converted minibus and are now living off-grid in rural Portugal
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Man dies from bowel cancer just weeks after suffering stomach ache
Martial arts instructor David Tuff's sudden death came just weeks after he went to his doctor complaining of stomach pain and tiredness
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Dame Deborah James' final months to be shown in 'powerful' new BBC documentary
Bowelbabe: In Her Own Words will air on BBC2 next month and share 'powerful and beautiful' moments from Dame Deborah James' final months before the campaigner and mum-of-two lost her battle to cancer
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Slash your risk of bowel cancer in two weeks with this simple food swap
Around 13 percent of bowel cancer cases are linked to eating red and processed meat, but this simple food swap can reduce your risk of developing the disease
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Processed meat increases risk of bowel cancer - but three in five don't realise
One in four meat-eaters consumer 50g of processed meat a day - but only a quarter believe they eat too much, a study has found
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Single mum says she has no idea how to tell young kids she is dying of cancer
Louise Hayward, 48, from Whitchurch, Bristol, has been told she is dying of bowel cancer and she is worried about the future for her children, feeling the diagnosis has been "unfair" on them
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'My kids and I take my husband's ashes everywhere we go'
Lisa Thomas and her three children are planning a charity Arctic adventure later this year and her husband Alan, passed away aged just 40 following a cancer battle, will be with them the whole way